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Almost commutative bands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

T. E. Hall
Affiliation:
University of Stirling
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To find a “ description of the structure of bands which is complete modulo semilattices ” (from page 25 of [1]) seems to be a very difficult problem. As far as the author is aware, the only class of bands (except for rectangular bands) for which this problem has been solved (see [4] and [3]) is the class of all bands satisfying a generalization of commutativity, namely the condition that efgh = egfh for all elements e, f, g and h.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1972

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